FC Augsburg faces challenges when looking for a candidate

The search for the future sports director could FC Augsburg still pull. The Bundesliga club has some candidates in view, but it seems as if they still have to be convinced of an established first division team. Trainer Sandro Wagner will increase in almost a month with his team into training. Until then, a successor for sports director Marinko Jurendic could be found. However, the position could also be vacant. Because, as can be heard from club circles, you are not looking for the fastest, but the best solution.

There is also interest in Benjamin Weber, the managing director of SC Paderborn. The 42-year-old recommended himself through his good work in the second division. He also looks at an interesting curriculum vitae. Weber worked for a long time in Thomas Tuchel coaching team, was a video analyst in Mainz, Dortmund, Paris and at Chelsea FC, with which he was in 2021 Champions League won. The leadership is said to be the leadership, and he should also have a good sense of discovering and developing young players.

At SC Paderborn, Weber generates high transfer revenues

At the moment, however, much indicates that Weber will stay in Paderborn. He emphasized that he has not yet considered his task in Paderbon to be fulfilled. In the past, Weber has repeated offers, most recently VfL Bochum and Hertha BSC Weber wanted to sign. But this blocked. Weber’s strengths include scouting and squad planning. In Paderborn, he generated such high transfer revenues. At the same time, he warned several times that the profit must be increased in order to be able to achieve higher goals in the long term. With the limited Paderborn budget, you can hear from Weber.

He is considered to be extremely loyal, but has so far not given a commitment to his current club. If Weber’s development does not use,, like many players and most recently coach Kwasniok, he could follow the call of larger clubs. With the commitment of Ralf Kettemann (Karlsruher SC/U19), Weber recently has a successor for Trainer Lukas Kwasniok (1. FC Köln) Found, an important item occupied and switches. Weber is still not supposed to offer FC augsburg present. But even if the sports director became weak, the Paderborn club management would try to keep the contractually bound.

Nils-Ole Book fails with SV Elversberg just in the Bundesliga relegation

In addition to Weber, Nils-Ole Book remains a candidate at the FCA. The 39-year-old also stands for celebrating great successes despite financial disadvantages compared to other clubs. Only in the relegation Book narrowly missed the promotion to the Bundesliga with the SV Elversberg against 1. FC Heidenheim. In Elversberg, too, a trainer lost to the temptations of a first division club. Horst Steffen switched to Werder Bremen. But Vincent Wagner (TSG Hoffenheim/U23) has also been found in Elversberg. Nothing can be ruled out in football, but the likelihood of piling Book to Augsburg seems low. After the missed ascent, he emphasized im Saarland radiohe feels a « great responsibility to steer the club in the right track. To help you play football successfully next year. »

In addition to Weber and Book, Alexander Rosen, 46, and Axel Schuster, 53, were traded as possible candidates. But both Roses, who works in the background at the English second division club FC Burnley, still Schuster, who heads the skill at the MLS Club Vancouver Whitecaps FC, should be interested in joining FC Augsburg. That Manuel Baum, most recently works in the youth performance center of RB Leipzigor Marc Lettau, most recently sports director at VfL Bochum, take over the position of sports director at the FCA. Their strengths are primarily in the management and the development and integration of young players in a Bundesliga team. In such a function, however, they could very well land at the FCA.